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Digital Dividend in Africa Elizabeth MigwallaOn Behalf of the GSM Association

© GSM Association 2010

Brief History of the GSMA

Founded in 1987 by 15 operators committed to the joint development of a cross border digital system for mobile communications

Became the global trade group for the mobile industry, representing the vast majority of mobile phone networks across the world

Now encompassing commercial, public policy and technical initiatives, ensuring mobile services work globally

The Association’s members now serve more than 3.5 billion customers

More than 750 operator Members across 218 countries Over 200 Associate Members (manufacturers and suppliers)

Beyond GSM: Voice to Video

GSM technology holds nearly two decades of proven development

Source: Wireless Intelligence, June, 2009

HSPA+42 Mbps

HSPA14.4 Mbps

GSM9.6 kbps

GPRS in 2000

GSM First call made in 1991

HSPA in 2005

3G in 2001

EDGE in 2003

HSPA+ in 2008 LTE 172 Mbps

EDGE473 kbpsWCDMA

384 kbps

GPRS114 kbps

3G3G

HSPA: 120 million

WCDMA: 238 million

2G2G GSM: 3.8 billion

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Broadcast and Broadband

Video over the internet is a well-established phenomena

YouTube and other social media sites drive video-over-internet usage

BBC iPlayer has huge and growing usage

115m downloads December 2009

120m downloads January 2010

Broadband also has a big role to play in niche TV distribution


Broadband and the Multi-Channel Environment

UK

FRA

• Research from Europe as DTV started to mature (2008)

• Both UK and France cases show heavy tail-off after first 6-10 channels

• In both cases, the top channel accounts for more viewing than all channels outside top 6

• DTT is inefficient medium for distribution of very small channels

• Online TV / broadband can help: but mobile needs spectrum

Source: Human Capital, 2008


Worldwide Mobile Broadband Spectrum

Bandwidth Deployment Options1

FDD Blocks/Spectrum band

5MHz

10MHz

20MHz

2.5/2.6 GHz2

2.1 GHz(1.7 or 1.9 uplink)

1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 GHz

900 MHz

800/850 MHz

Digital Dividend3 (700 to 800 MHz)

FDD Blocks 5 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz

RecommendedTechnology

HSPA+ &EV-DO Rev. B

HSPA+ & LTE(2x5 MHz DO Rev. B)

LTE(2x10 MHz HSPA+)

Recommended Technology

US/Canada700, 850 MHz

1.7/2.1, 1.9, 2.5 GHz

US/Canada700, 850 MHz

1.7/2.1, 1.9, 2.5 GHz

Europe800, 900 MHz

1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.5 GHz

Europe800, 900 MHz

1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.5 GHz

Asia-Pacific450, 700, 850, 900 MHz

1.7, 1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.3, 2.5 GHz

Asia-Pacific450, 700, 850, 900 MHz

1.7, 1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.3, 2.5 GHz

Africa & Middle E.450, 800, 850, 900 MHz

1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.5 GHz

Africa & Middle E.450, 800, 850, 900 MHz

1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.5 GHz

Latin America450, 700, 850, 900 MHz1.7/2.1, 1.8, 1.9, 2.5 GHz

Latin America450, 700, 850, 900 MHz1.7/2.1, 1.8, 1.9, 2.5 GHz

1Usable spectrum blocks for product implementation. 2IMT extension 2500 to 2690 MHz, 70 MHz+70 MHz FDD in most countries. 3Digital dividend; Region 1 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) 790-862 MHz, Region 2 (Americas) 698-806 MHz. Region 3 (Asia) – some 698-790 MHz (e.g. China, India, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Singapore) others 790-806 MHz


Africa: Covering All Areas

• Africa’s huge landmass creates specific difficulties for network operators

• Ensuring all consumers have the benefits of mobile broadband has a strong demand on spectrum and there are two vital bands for the LTE community:

• 2.5GHz• Digital Dividend band

• Coverage of rural areas needs lower frequency spectrum to reach further

• Digital divide between urban and rural areas will be lowered by the Digital Dividend


The band 698-960 MHz

698 MHz

REGION 2 (Americas)

790 MHz 862 MHz

REGION 1 (EMEA)

IMT-2000GSM/WCDMA

REGION 3 (APAC)

894 MHzIMT-2000

cdma2000/WCDMA

BROADCASTING

880 MHz

824 MHz806 MHz

960 MHz

894 MHz

IMT-2000cdma2000/WCDMA

824 MHz

IMT-2000GSM/WCDMA

880 MHz 960 MHz

698 MHz 790 MHz 862 MHz

MOBILE & IMT

MOBILE & IMT

MOBILE & IMT (9 countries) MOBILE & IMT


The band 698-960 MHz

790 MHz 862 MHz

REGION 1 (EMEA)

IMT-2000GSM/WCDMA

AFRICA

BROADCASTING

880 MHz 960 MHz

894 MHz

IMT-2000Cdma2000

824 MHz

IMT-2000GSM/WCDMA

880 MHz 960 MHz

BROADCASTING

790 MHz 862 MHz

MOBILE & IMT

MOBILE & IMT


10Qualcomm Proprietary

The UHF Digital Dividend: Fragmentation Risk

Analogue TV

Analogue TV only

UHF TV frequencies after SWO

Full DTT plan

Switch over

Transition

Analogue. + DTT

470 862 MHz

470 862 MHz

DTT

Holes

Source: Qualcomm


11Qualcomm Proprietary

Harmonisation is vital for Mobile services

Fragmented Digital Dividend / Unusable for mobile systems

470 862 MHz

Reshuffling of frequencies to harmonise a sub-band

470

862 MHz

Harmonised Digital Dividend

Digital DividendGuard band

Source: Qualcomm


Conclusions

1. Assess the REAL need of Digital TV and the most spectrum-efficient means of distributing

2. Assign DTT frequencies from the lower part of the band: even if re-planning is needed

3. Ensure that regional discussion takes place and bear in mind opportunities for harmonization with other regions

4. Old broadcast models are changing: mobile broadband can help the broadcast community reach more people more efficiently

Please contact [email protected] for more information

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